Miss International 1970

Miss International 1970, the 10th Miss International pageant, was held on May 16, 1970 at the Exposition Hall Fairgrounds in Osaka, Japan. 47 contestants competed for the pageant. Aurora Pijuan from Philippines was crowned Miss International 1970 at the end of the event by outgoing titleholder, Valerie Holmes from Britain.

Miss International 1970
Date	May 16, 1970
Venue	Exposition Hall Fairgrounds, Osaka, Japan
Entrants	47
Placements	15
Debuts	Bulgaria Hawaii
Withdrawals	Brazil Colombia Israel Jamaica Morocco Tahiti Tunisia
Returns	Chile Congo-Kinshasa Turkey Yugoslavia
Winner	Aurora Pijuan  Philippines
Congeniality	Jossie Salinas  Nicaragua
Photogenic	Karen Papworth  Australia

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1970	Philippines – Aurora Pijuan
1st Runner-up	Argentina – Margarita Briese
2nd Runner-up	Australia – Karen Papworth
3rd Runner-up	Japan – Toshie Suda
4th Runner-up	New Zealand – Susan Greaves
Top 15	Costa Rica – Julia Haydée Brenes  Denmark – Jeanne Perfeldt  Ecuador – Lourdes Hernández  Germany – Silke Kahl  Iceland – Erla Hardardóttir  India – Patricia D’Souza  Norway – Tone Knaran  Thailand – Panarat Pisutthisak  United States – Randi Blesener  Yugoslavia – Zdenka Marn

Contestants

•  Argentina - Margarita Marta Briese
•  Australia - Karen Patricia Papworth
•  Austria - Ilse Wolfgang
•  Belgium - Heidi LeLeu
•  Bolivia - Nelly Zenteno Pereira
•  Britain - Jacqueline Francesca Molloy
•  Bulgaria - Branimira Antonova
•  Canada - Jacquie Perrin
•  Ceylon - Shirlene Minerva De Silva
•  Chile - Berta Goldsmith
•  Congo-Kinshasa - Pita Kaluuya
•  Costa Rica - Julia Haydée Brenes
•  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt
•  Ecuador - Lourdes Hernández
•  Finland - Irene Karvola
•  France - Dominique Pasquier
•  Germany - Silke Maria Kahl
•  Greece - Katerina Sakka
•  Guam - Flora C. Baza
•  Hawaii - Yvonne Haunani Young
•  Holland - Marjolein Abbing
•  Hong Kong - Cecilia W. Buckley
•  Iceland - Erla Hardardóttir
•  India - Patricia D’Souza
•  Indonesia - Louise Maengkom
•  Ireland - Anne Marie Murphy
•  Italy - Rossela Ambrosiani
•  Japan - Toshie Suda
•  Korea - Kim In-sook
•  Luxembourg - Gaby Fejean
•  Malaysia - Lucy Lee
•  Malta - Cecile Aguis
•  Mexico - Lidia Goni
•  New Zealand - Susan Frances Greaves
•  Nicaragua - Jossie Salinas
•  Norway - Tone Knaran
•  Philippines - Aurora Pijuan
•  Portugal - Maria do Rosário de Freitas
•  Singapore - Margaret Tan Quee Lin
•  Spain - Maria García
•  Sweden - Rita Rudolfsson Bengtsson
•   Switzerland - Yolanda Gahwiler
•  Thailand - Panarat Pisutthisak
•  Turkey - Meral Ekmekcioglu
•  United States - Randi Susan Blesener
•  Venezuela - Marzia Piazza
•  Yugoslavia - Zdenka Marn

Notes

Did not compete

•  Brazil - Nara Rubia Vieira Monteiro
•  Colombia - Myriam Bellini Ayala